squeaky-clean
adjective
1
: completely clean
squeaky-clean hair
2
: completely free from moral taint of any kind
a squeaky-clean reputation
Synonyms
Examples of squeaky-clean in a Sentence
feeling squeaky-clean and smelling nice after her bath
Recent Examples on the Web
With a cast of ridiculously hormonal supporting characters and a cynical yet zippy sense of humor, director Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale disrupt the squeaky-clean image of postwar Americana.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2024
The incident is the latest example of K-pop performers sometimes falling short of their squeaky-clean image.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Above all, the affair was at odds with the country’s squeaky-clean reputation—and with the perception of Norges Bank Investment Management, or NBIM, the fund’s asset manager, as a champion of better corporate governance.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
Shawn Levy’s film exists to properly usher Deadpool into Disney’s squeaky-clean Marvel Cinematic Universe, helped along by the wearily professional Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), dragged out of retirement (and death) for one last rodeo.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
Next, add your usual detergent and run the load to reveal a squeaky-clean machine and last night’s dinner dishes.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2024
Carbon-fiber bodywork adds more lightness (to paraphrase Colin Chapman), and the material is used just about everywhere, down to the shells of the racing seats in the cockpit, where the squeaky-clean design aesthetic reminds us that no other interior looks and feels like that of a McLaren.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 June 2024
Justin Timberlake 'doesn't apologize until he gets called out'
Timberlake's squeaky-clean image cultivated during his Mickey Mouse Club days didn't last too long following his tenure in NSYNC, and especially in a post-Me Too movement world.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
Not only do the stoner characters themselves subvert the squeaky-clean Asian American trope, Harold, for example, threatens to get his ignorant co-workers fired for exploiting him.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2024
The incident is the latest example of K-pop performers sometimes falling short of their squeaky-clean image.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Above all, the affair was at odds with the country’s squeaky-clean reputation—and with the perception of Norges Bank Investment Management, or NBIM, the fund’s asset manager, as a champion of better corporate governance.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
Shawn Levy’s film exists to properly usher Deadpool into Disney’s squeaky-clean Marvel Cinematic Universe, helped along by the wearily professional Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), dragged out of retirement (and death) for one last rodeo.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
Next, add your usual detergent and run the load to reveal a squeaky-clean machine and last night’s dinner dishes.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2024
Carbon-fiber bodywork adds more lightness (to paraphrase Colin Chapman), and the material is used just about everywhere, down to the shells of the racing seats in the cockpit, where the squeaky-clean design aesthetic reminds us that no other interior looks and feels like that of a McLaren.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 June 2024
Justin Timberlake 'doesn't apologize until he gets called out'
Timberlake's squeaky-clean image cultivated during his Mickey Mouse Club days didn't last too long following his tenure in NSYNC, and especially in a post-Me Too movement world.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
Not only do the stoner characters themselves subvert the squeaky-clean Asian American trope, Harold, for example, threatens to get his ignorant co-workers fired for exploiting him.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
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“Squeaky-clean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squeaky-clean. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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